The Phantom Express

The Phantom Express
Directed by	Emory Johnson
Produced by	Irving C. Franklin (producer) Emory Johnson (executive producer) Donald M. Stoner (producer)
Written by	Laird Doyle Emory Johnson
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Ross Fisher
Edited by	S. Roy Luby
Production company	Emory Johnson Productions
Distributed by	Majestic Films Corporation
Release dates	August 15, 1932 (1932-08-15)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Phantom Express is a 1932 American mystery crime-thriller film directed by Emory Johnson.

Premise

When a phantom train starts derailing rolling stock and threatens a railway company's value, the playboy son of the owner must find out what is happening before the company is sold.

Cast

• William Collier, Jr. as Bruce Harrington
• Sally Blane as Carolyn Nolan
• J. Farrell MacDonald as D.J. 'Smokey' Nolan
• Hobart Bosworth as Mr. Harrington
• Axel Axelson as Axel, the fireman
• Lina Basquette as Betty
• Eddie Phillips as Dick Walsh (posing as Bruce)
• Robert Ellis as Reynolds
• Claire McDowell as Ma Nolan
• David Rollins as Jackie Nolan
• Tom O'Brien as Red Connelly the Telegraph Operator
• Huntley Gordon as President of rival railroad company
• Brady Kline as Slim - a henchman
• Jack Pennick as Bubba - a henchman
• Jack Mower as a gang leader
• Allan Forrest as a henchman

Influences

The main theme of the plot bears close similarity to The Ghost Train (play), a movie version of which was produced in England in the previous year, viz. The Ghost Train, but that source is not acknowledged in the credits. There was a prior silent American film also entitled The Phantom Express (1925) which may also have been influenced although uncredited by the original play.

External links

• The Phantom Express at the Internet Movie Database
• The Phantom Express is available for free download at the Internet Archive